Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Broken Promise?
Recently Gov. Manchin made a proposal to turn the Promise Scholarship
into a loan if a student leaves the state of West Virginia after
graduation. this is a terrible idea by the governor. the state simply
doesn not have the job opportunities to try and force people to stay
in the state at the moment. people are forced to leave and find work
elsewhere to better their way of life. i personally plan on staying in
the state after i graduate. if this proposal was in place right now
and i planned on moving out of i state, i would turn the
scholarship/loan down. i wouldnt want that burden later on just
because i left west virginia. i just do not think that turning the
scholarship into a loan is a good idea.
--JR
Sunday, April 27, 2008
When is it time to let go?
Taking the step of beginning college is a milestone in every person's
life. Moving away from home should be an indication that we are now
able to live on our own and make decisions for ourselves....right? One
would think this, but in a lot of cases I feel like sometimes it is
hard for parents to realize this. In my household I am the first born
child. I am the lucky child who gets to experience the whole "growing
up" process with my parents first. I was the first child who had to
deal with rules on dating, driving on my own at night, allowing certain
curfews, and many more of the steps parents have to take as their child
becomes an adult. Now that I am away living on my own, I feel like my
parents are having a hard time treating me like I actually am. Maybe
it is because I am the first born child and I am the first to go away
to college. Or maybe it is because I am the only girl child and they
feel as though they need to protect me. In any case, I am growing up -
I'm wrapping up my first year of college. They are going to have to learn
to let go. Does anyone else feel this way? How do your parents treat
you? ... When is it time for them to let go?
-- EG
life. Moving away from home should be an indication that we are now
able to live on our own and make decisions for ourselves....right? One
would think this, but in a lot of cases I feel like sometimes it is
hard for parents to realize this. In my household I am the first born
child. I am the lucky child who gets to experience the whole "growing
up" process with my parents first. I was the first child who had to
deal with rules on dating, driving on my own at night, allowing certain
curfews, and many more of the steps parents have to take as their child
becomes an adult. Now that I am away living on my own, I feel like my
parents are having a hard time treating me like I actually am. Maybe
it is because I am the first born child and I am the first to go away
to college. Or maybe it is because I am the only girl child and they
feel as though they need to protect me. In any case, I am growing up -
I'm wrapping up my first year of college. They are going to have to learn
to let go. Does anyone else feel this way? How do your parents treat
you? ... When is it time for them to let go?
-- EG
Summer 2008
Now that summer is almost here. YAY!!!!! Has everyone thought about
what they are going to be doing this summer? Jobs? Taking a couple
classes? Do nothing? (man does that sound good) Or is everyone just
concentrating on the last couple weeks of classes and also the most
important thing FINALS!? Even though it seems like summer is still far
off, because of those 5 finals that you have to get done with
first,and that English 101 portfolio thats due. We still need to be
thinking about this summer. If you going to working you need to be
looking and putting in applications before others get there first. Or
sign up for classes, so you can get the best times. Whatever you plan
to do this summer, you need to get on the ball and do it now, so then
you won't be stressing over it coming the middle of May. But whatever
you do, hope its the best summer yet for everyone!
-- EC
what they are going to be doing this summer? Jobs? Taking a couple
classes? Do nothing? (man does that sound good) Or is everyone just
concentrating on the last couple weeks of classes and also the most
important thing FINALS!? Even though it seems like summer is still far
off, because of those 5 finals that you have to get done with
first,and that English 101 portfolio thats due. We still need to be
thinking about this summer. If you going to working you need to be
looking and putting in applications before others get there first. Or
sign up for classes, so you can get the best times. Whatever you plan
to do this summer, you need to get on the ball and do it now, so then
you won't be stressing over it coming the middle of May. But whatever
you do, hope its the best summer yet for everyone!
-- EC
DORM FOOD
Being a freshman at WVU, they nicely made the requirement that we have
to live in dorms. Along with this nice rule came this one: live in WVU
dorms, you must purchase a meal plan. Even if one has no intention of
eating off the meal plan, they still have to buy it. How is this fair?
Not to mention that when touring WVU on orientation they trick you
into thinking the food is good by treating you at Hatfields, where it
just happens to be good food that does not count for your meal plan
except for breakfast. The food they serve in the dorm cafeterias for
the most part is not that great, and the things they make that are
decent are not always the healthiest. They always have pizza and
French fries, and than wonder why this and beer make freshman gain the
freshman 15? You would think that with all the money from the meal
plans there would be really good tasting food. Also the ‘meal times’
that work with your meal plans aren’t that convenient and a lot of
meals go to waste.
I know I can not wait to have my own place where I can make my own food and
buy my own groceries and less money will go to waste.
BL
to live in dorms. Along with this nice rule came this one: live in WVU
dorms, you must purchase a meal plan. Even if one has no intention of
eating off the meal plan, they still have to buy it. How is this fair?
Not to mention that when touring WVU on orientation they trick you
into thinking the food is good by treating you at Hatfields, where it
just happens to be good food that does not count for your meal plan
except for breakfast. The food they serve in the dorm cafeterias for
the most part is not that great, and the things they make that are
decent are not always the healthiest. They always have pizza and
French fries, and than wonder why this and beer make freshman gain the
freshman 15? You would think that with all the money from the meal
plans there would be really good tasting food. Also the ‘meal times’
that work with your meal plans aren’t that convenient and a lot of
meals go to waste.
I know I can not wait to have my own place where I can make my own food and
buy my own groceries and less money will go to waste.
BL
Sunday, April 20, 2008
First Year Almost Up...
Our first year of college is almost over. Its amazing how fast it has |
Whereupon One of Your Fellow Classmates Rambles On
What is up with people and elevators? Living in a dorm myself I come and
go almost daily and the one way I make it to the 10th floor is by the
common use of the elevator. Seriously, an elevator is the one place
where your personal space does not matter at all. The door opens and
people get in on the first floor. Probably about 5 people get into this
legally 15 cap silent shrine of destiny that rises everyone up to the
vertical limit of their so called "rooms." When the transport ship stops
on a another floor and more people come in, everyone makes room even if
there is none. "Oh sure come on in so we can be a centimeter from
touching each other." Its hot/humid, you are basically face first into
the hair of the person in front of you. 9/10 it is a morning class and
its anywhere between 8-11 am they haven't showered or showered within
the last few days. The stench is unbearable and does anyone say
anything? NO ! This is how A.D.D we college students are. We ALL STARE
AT THE
lil LIGHTS THAT POP UP FOR THE FLOORS. We are in a elevator we are
either going up or DOWN. Seriously people do we think that we are going
to Texas or China" Do we have to look up to see if we are going to the
right place? We KNow where we are going! All you need to do is look up
ONCE!. Or count the beeps do some math in your head maybe that will keep
you away from A.D.D .
So no one talks in elevators. We are all silent as mice in this death
contraption of texting and A.D.D. What are we as a human race coming to
that a simple conversation of "hello how are you" or "The weather is
nice outside" People aren't open anymore no one wants to talk to anyone.
We all have places to go, people to text, and showers (that we aren't
taking). NO NO i dont understand people in elevators its just plain old
weird. We lose are personal space , our minds, and our lives just using
this simple transit up and down...up and down.
~john M.
go almost daily and the one way I make it to the 10th floor is by the
common use of the elevator. Seriously, an elevator is the one place
where your personal space does not matter at all. The door opens and
people get in on the first floor. Probably about 5 people get into this
legally 15 cap silent shrine of destiny that rises everyone up to the
vertical limit of their so called "rooms." When the transport ship stops
on a another floor and more people come in, everyone makes room even if
there is none. "Oh sure come on in so we can be a centimeter from
touching each other." Its hot/humid, you are basically face first into
the hair of the person in front of you. 9/10 it is a morning class and
its anywhere between 8-11 am they haven't showered or showered within
the last few days. The stench is unbearable and does anyone say
anything? NO ! This is how A.D.D we college students are. We ALL STARE
AT THE
lil LIGHTS THAT POP UP FOR THE FLOORS. We are in a elevator we are
either going up or DOWN. Seriously people do we think that we are going
to Texas or China" Do we have to look up to see if we are going to the
right place? We KNow where we are going! All you need to do is look up
ONCE!. Or count the beeps do some math in your head maybe that will keep
you away from A.D.D .
So no one talks in elevators. We are all silent as mice in this death
contraption of texting and A.D.D. What are we as a human race coming to
that a simple conversation of "hello how are you" or "The weather is
nice outside" People aren't open anymore no one wants to talk to anyone.
We all have places to go, people to text, and showers (that we aren't
taking). NO NO i dont understand people in elevators its just plain old
weird. We lose are personal space , our minds, and our lives just using
this simple transit up and down...up and down.
~john M.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
ARE WE SAFE
With the upcoming 1 year aniversity of the Virginia Tech shooting, I was begining to think are we really as safe as we think we are. I began to think about what kind of things have been done at WVU to ensure that the students here are really safe. Sure we have to check people in after nine and we lock all of the side entrances but what is going to happen in case of an emergency. After the Virginia Tech incident and most recently in my home town at VCU, I believe that every college and university has to re-evaluate their emergency action plan because now we know it is possible that we might be faced with same ordeal. I just want some reassurance that we are really safe here at school and if not what kind of precautions are the university, the university police, and the students of WVU taking to keep Morgantown a safe place to be.
-- Pickle
-- Pickle
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